Title 43

NRS 482.2807 Requirements for registration if local government has filed notice of nonpayment pursuant to NRS 484B.527. If a local authority files with the Department a notice of nonpayment pursuant to NRS 484B.527 and the registered owner of the motor vehicle for which the Depar…

NRS 482.281 Authority of Department of Motor Vehicles to allow authorized inspection station or authorized station to renew certificates of registration; adoption of regulations. 1. The Department may allow an authorized inspection station or authorized station to renew certifica…

NRS 482.283 Change of name or place of residence: Notice to Department required; timing and contents of notice. Each holder of a valid registration, upon changing his or her name or place of residence, shall notify the Department of the change within 30 days after the change and …

NRS 482.285 Certificates, decals and number plates: Illegibility, loss, mutilation or theft; obtaining of duplicates or substitutes; fees and taxes. 1. If any certificate of registration or certificate of title is lost, mutilated or illegible, the person to whom it was issued sha…

NRS 482.290 Assignment and recording of new vehicle identification number if old number has been falsely attached, removed, defaced, altered or obliterated; authority of Department; fee; penalty for certain acts committed with intent to defraud. 1. The Department is authorized to…

NRS 482.2912 Additional requirements for registration of certain commercial motor vehicles by certain motor carriers; exceptions. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, each motor carrier operating a commercial motor vehicle in intrastate commerce with a gross vehicle w…

NRS 482.2914 Department to adopt certain regulations regarding out-of-service orders. The Department shall adopt regulations which set forth each provision of 49 C.F.R. Parts 385 and 386 which, when a violation of the provision is the basis for a temporary prohibition against ope…

NRS 482.2916 Certain motor carriers required to submit registration and renewal documents to Motor Carrier Division of Department. An applicant for the registration or renewal of registration of any commercial motor vehicle who is required by any provision of NRS to register with…

NRS 482.2918 Department may refuse renewal of registration of certain motor carriers; notice. 1. The Department may refuse to renew the registration of a commercial motor vehicle operating in intrastate commerce which is registered pursuant to this chapter and which has a gross v…

NRS 482.292 “Document” defined. As used in this section and NRS 482.293 and 482.294, unless the context otherwise requires, “document” means an application, notice, report, statement or other record relating to the issuance or renewal of a certificate of registration, or the issu…

NRS 482.293 Authority of Department of Motor Vehicles to establish program; validity of electronic submission or storage; adoption of regulations; required content of regulations; acceptance of gifts and grants. 1. The Department may establish a program for the electronic submiss…

NRS 482.294 Effect of approval by Department of Motor Vehicles for person to participate in program; waiver of requirement of signature of natural person; document submitted by electronic means deemed to be original document. 1. If the Department approves an application for a per…

NRS 482.295 Registration by short-term lessor: Proof of financial ability to respond to damages. The Department or a registered dealer shall not register a vehicle intended to be leased by a short-term lessor until the owner demonstrates to the Department the owner’s financial ab…

NRS 482.300 Short-term lessor must be licensed. 1. It is unlawful for any person to engage in the activities of a short-term lessor unless such person has been licensed pursuant to NRS 482.363. 2. A peer-to-peer car sharing program licensed pursuant to NRS 482C.295 and a shared v…

NRS 482.305 Short-term lessor not providing coverage jointly and severally liable with short-term lessee for certain damages; notice to lessee of extent of coverage; dismissal of action against lessor if coverage provided. 1. The short-term lessor of a motor vehicle who permits t…

NRS 482.307 Short-term lessor prohibited from offering, arranging for or allowing use of paid driver. It is unlawful for a short-term lessor to offer, arrange for or allow the use of a paid driver whether directly or through an affiliated person. (Added to NRS by 2011, 2658)

NRS 482.308 Discrimination by short-term lessor against member of Armed Forces prohibited; penalty. 1. No short-term lessor may: (a) Refuse to lease a vehicle to a member of the Armed Forces of the United States; or (b) Discriminate against such a person in the terms, conditions …

NRS 482.310 Type of license plate for leased vehicle. The Department shall issue for every passenger motor vehicle leased by a short-term lessor the same type of number plates as the type of plates issued for private passenger vehicles. [Part 12:202:1931; A 1949, 45; 1953, 106; 1…

NRS 482.313 Charging, collecting, reporting and remitting of certain fees in connection with lease of passenger car by short-term lessor; deposit of money into State General Fund; certain amounts excluded from calculation of fees; exemptions; duties of Executive Director of Depar…

NRS 482.315 Records of short-term lessor: Maintenance; availability; form; penalty; duties of Executive Director of Department of Taxation. 1. Every person engaged in business as a short-term lessor shall: (a) Maintain a record of the identity of each short-term lessee and the ex…

NRS 482.3151 Definitions. As used in NRS 482.3151 to 482.3159, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 482.31515 to 482.3153, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NRS by 1989, 1618; A 2009, 2143)

NRS 482.31515 “Authorized driver” defined. “Authorized driver” means: 1. The short-term lessee of a passenger car. 2. The spouse of the short-term lessee, if that person is a licensed driver and satisfies any minimum age requirement of the short-term lessor. 3. The employer or co…

NRS 482.3152 “Estimated time for repair” defined. “Estimated time for repair” means an estimate made in good faith of the reasonable number of hours of labor, or a fraction thereof, needed to repair the damaged parts of a passenger car. (Added to NRS by 1989, 1619)

NRS 482.31525 “Estimated time for replacement” defined. “Estimated time for replacement” means the number of hours of labor, or a fraction thereof, needed to replace the damaged parts of a passenger car as set forth in a guide for estimating damage caused by a crash generally use…

NRS 482.31527 “Vehicle licensing costs” defined. “Vehicle licensing costs” means: 1. The fees paid by a short-term lessor for the registration of, and the issuance of certificates of title for, the passenger cars leased by the short-term lessor, including, without limitation, fee…

NRS 482.3153 “Waiver of damages” defined. “Waiver of damages” means an agreement by the short-term lessor not to hold a short-term lessee liable for any: 1. Portion of the damage or loss related to a leased passenger car. 2. Loss of use of the passenger car. 3. Charges for storag…

NRS 482.31535 Permissible agreements between lessor and lessee as to responsibility for damage to or loss of passenger car leased for short term; determination of fair market value. 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 482.3154, a short-term lessor and a short-term lessee of a …

NRS 482.3154 Limitation on liability of short-term lessee concerning damage to or loss of leased passenger car; limitation of short-term lessor’s loss under certain circumstances; limitation or exclusion of administrative charge. 1. The total amount of the short-term lessee’s lia…

NRS 482.31545 Liability of authorized driver for damage occurring during operation of passenger car: Limitations. 1. The total amount of an authorized driver’s liability to the short-term lessor, if any, for damage occurring during the operation of a passenger car by the driver m…

NRS 482.3155 Waiver of damages: Required provisions; limitation is void; exception. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 482.31555: 1. Every waiver of damages must provide that the short-term lessee of a passenger car has no liability for any damage, loss or loss of use, or any co…

NRS 482.31555 Short-term lessor authorized to restrict applicability of waiver of damages under certain circumstances. A short-term lessor may provide in a lease of a passenger car that a waiver of damages does not apply in the following circumstances: 1. Damage or loss resulting…

NRS 482.3156 Waiver of damages: Disclosure of certain information required. A short-term lessor who offers or provides a waiver of damages for any consideration in addition to the rate for lease of a passenger car shall clearly and conspicuously disclose the following information…

NRS 482.31565 Waiver of damages and insurance: Authority to require proof of insurance as condition for lease; purchase of certain goods and services as condition for lease prohibited; maximum charge based on value of vehicle; adjustment to reflect Consumer Price Index; advertise…

NRS 482.3157 Restrictions on recovery for damages to leased car by placing block or processing charge on lessee’s credit card; unfair, deceptive or coercive conduct prohibited. 1. A short-term lessor of a passenger car shall not seek to recover any portion of a claim arising out …

NRS 482.31575 Advertisement of lease: Disclosure of certain information required; exception. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a short-term lessor shall advertise, quote and charge a rate for leasing a passenger car which includes the entire amount that a short-ter…

NRS 482.3158 Certain additional charges permissible under certain circumstances; disclosure of certain additional charges required; certain additional fees prohibited; further prohibitions. 1. The short-term lessor of a passenger car may impose an additional charge: (a) Based on …

NRS 482.31583 Conditions for imposing additional charge; authorized and required actions relating to recovery of vehicle licensing costs; annual report to Department of Taxation. 1. A short-term lessor that wishes to impose an additional charge pursuant to NRS 482.3158 to recover…

NRS 482.31585 Action for damages and equitable relief; attorney’s fees and costs. A short-term lessee may bring an action against a short-term lessor for the recovery of damages and appropriate equitable relief for any violation of NRS 482.3151 to 482.3159, inclusive. The prevail…

NRS 482.3159 Waiver of provisions is void. A waiver of any of the provisions of NRS 482.3151 to 482.3159, inclusive, is contrary to public policy and is void and unenforceable. (Added to NRS by 1989, 1623) VEHICLE TRANSPORTERS

NRS 482.316 Legislative declaration; license issued to vehicle transporter revocable privilege. The purpose of licensing vehicle transporters is to protect the public health and safety and the general welfare of the people of this State. Any license issued pursuant to NRS 482.316…

NRS 482.3161 Licensing required; applicability of NRS 482.316 to 482.3175, inclusive. 1. A person shall not operate as a vehicle transporter in this State without a license issued by the Department. 2. The provisions of NRS 482.316 to 482.3175, inclusive, do not apply to a manufa…

NRS 482.3163 License: Application; fees; renewal; reinstatement. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withholding, suspending and restricting the professional, occupational and recreational li…

NRS 482.31632 Payment of child support: Statement by applicant for license; grounds for denial of license; duty of Department. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withholding, suspending and …

NRS 482.3165 Fee for issuance of special license plate. Each person who applies for a special license plate as a vehicle transporter shall pay at the time of application, in addition to any other fees specified in this chapter, a fee of $25 for each plate. (Added to NRS by 1987, …

NRS 482.3167 Bond: Filing; form; deposit in lieu of bond. 1. Before any license as a vehicle transporter is issued or special license plate is assigned, the applicant shall procure and file with the Department a good and sufficient bond in the amount of $100,000 with a corporate …

NRS 482.3169 Issuance of certificates of registration and special license plates to vehicle transporter. 1. Upon issuance of a license as a vehicle transporter pursuant to NRS 482.3163, the Department shall assign to the vehicle transporter one or more registration certificates a…